{"nrhp_refnum":"77001070","name":"Maplewood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Chesapeake on Maplewood La.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chesapeake","county":"Lawrence County","state":"OH","lat":38.422617424000066,"lon":-82.47394933899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story frame house known as Maplewood, built around 1860 on the Ohio River west of Chesapeake, Lawrence County, Ohio, on a one-acre nominated parcel with old maple trees.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Maplewood is one of few remaining estates along this stretch of the Ohio River and one of few in Lawrence County. It was long the home of a prominent river boat captain, Clayton Crawford, who ran a ferry line and used the 500-foot river frontage as a loading zone for local projects and livestock.","narrative":"Maplewood is a large, two-story frame house built around 1860 west of Chesapeake in Lawrence County, Ohio. Its front lawn slopes toward the Ohio River, and old maple trees on the grounds gave the property its name. The five-bay facade has a center entrance with transom and sidelights, a two-story porch with square columns, and curved M-shaped brackets under the cornice. The house has been altered over time with a sun room, dormers, bathroom additions and replacement windows. Tax records first mention the land in 1850 under early county settler A. P. Kouns, and a house was in place by 1860. About 1875 it passed to Clayton Crawford, a river boat captain who ran a ferry line until 1897 and used the 500 feet of river frontage for loading local goods and livestock. The estate was listed as one of few surviving along this part of the Ohio River and in the county.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1860","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; the form notes later alterations including new window sash, dormers, a sun room, a bathroom addition and a replacement deck for the original wood veranda.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.396545-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001070.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989661","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lawrence-county/maplewood-77001070/"}